Kay Ivey says Robin ‘Rocky’ Myers will serve life in prison after jury claimed lack of physical evidence at crime sceneThe Alabama governor, Kay Ivey, on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case.Ivey said Myers, who was facing execution this spring, will instead spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. She noted that was the sentence jurors at his 1994 trial had recommended. A judge overruled that recommendation and imposed a death sentence, a maneuver that has since been outlawed in Alabama, according to the human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International. Continue reading...
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison on October 5, 2023, citing concerns about his case. Myers was convicted for the 1991 murder of Ludie Mae Tucker. The jury in 1994 recommended life without parole, but a judge imposed the death sentence, a practice now banned in Alabama. The decision followed questions about the case, including insufficient physical evidence linking Myers to the crime. Ivey, a Republican who had never before halted an execution, called it a difficult decision but emphasized the pain endured by the victims and their families. The Alabama Supreme Court had earlier authorized Myers' execution, but Ivey's action prevented it.
